terror warning. one person in the know stez worldwide travel alert is based oen a very specific threat. the latest from washington. congress leaves town. one of its final acts before it leaves for recess. the lawyer for julian assange. i will talk to him about edward snowden and whether the nsa leaker is safe. it's a video that went shock viral. we'll tell you why it's significant. it's high noon in the east. developing now new and alarming details on that worldwide travel alert issued by the state department. this comes after shutting down 22 u.s. embassy and consulates. it's unclear when they will

reopen. the travel alert is in effect until next month. >> i'm quite concerned because i think there's going to be a big blow up pretty soon. i'm not sure what to anticipate because i don't know what the history is between the u.s. and this particular blow up in middle east. i'm thinking the u.s. is going to take pretty good care of us now. >> it always makes you nervous but you got to carry on. you just can't keep ongoing. you just got to go. it's the only way to get back there. >> the big question what potential threat would raise the ale alert level so high. what are officials telling you? >> reporter: they're saying it's based on fairly specific threat. they're not going into a whole lot of detail. they've emphasized that the embassy closures are based on an

abundance of caution but those who have been briefed say this is the most serious threat they have seen in several years. it's highly unusual. tomorrow 22 embassies in 27 countries will close their targets. they are concerned about tar targeted in the middle east. >> we take threats seriously. we take precautionary measures. >> reporter: they issued a worldwide travel alert. in a statement the department warned of attacks possibly occurring in or imnaemanating f the arbian peninsula. >> this is a serious threat. probably the most detailed threat i've seen in the last five to ten years. >> reporter: state department officials say there could be additional days of closing but

they won't say much about the contact threat and it's not just the u.s. the british are closing their embassy in yemen for two days. the united states is mindful of what can go wrong. >> i think there's probably some very concrete things they're hearing about the nature of a possibly plot. they can't be sure or where. they know it's the middle east and it's august. they know enough to take it seriously. >> reporter: the travel alert will be in effect through the end of the month. no word on how long the embassy closures will last. president obama will continue to be briefed. he's playing a round of golf today. we're told he was updated before he left to do that. state department officials are urging anyone who might be considering traveling overseas to log onto their website first. >> thanks so much for that. joining me right now nbc news

counter terrorism michael lighter who are ran the counter terrorism center during the bush and obama administration and also the point man inside the white house on threats like this. michael with a welcome to you and your experience, what type of threat would cause such massive closures? >> good morning. this is different from what a lot of threats looked like. it's very fragmented information you have to piece together. you're not sure if there's anything there. this is really much more specific. there's an actual threat coming from al qaeda. they don't know exactly where it is. in that sense they can take protective measures immediately for the embassy and travel alert. the question will be if something doesn't happen the next couple of days how long these heightened measures can be kept in place. >> michael, does this come to you from excessive chatter, specific things being picked up or is there human intelligence,

somebody saying heads up. >> i can't speculate on whether it's human intelligence or electronic communications. i'm confident there's one credible source reporting this. it's not a series of dots that are being connected to suggest there may be a threat. it gets much more likely this is specific information from a source which is saying something's going to happen. we're not sure where. that's pretty common in these threats. you know something's coming but you're not sure where or when. p we had that on 9/11. we also saw that with the christmas day bomber. we knew there was a threat but we didn't know y it was. al qaeda knows that we can monitor what they're saying. >> it may not be from a human

source. it may be an intercepted communication. although al qaeda knows we listen. this is the cat and mouse game. this is us trying to figure out what they're doing. this is why many of these leaks have disclosed the way that organizes like nsa monitor. >> when something like this is out there describe the scenes as you have the departments that are charged with keeping the nation safe and citizens around the world. what are they doing without revealing anything. what's that like? >> in my experience it's very intense but it's in some way it's an intense calm. everyone knows pretty well what will they have to do. the state department knows how to elevate the threat levels. they know what sorts of precautions they can put in place.

everyone just becomes extra focused and putting out your intelligence sensors see fg you can pick anything up. also trying to put some things in place. you can't be sure where it's going to occur so you end up with expansive warnings like we saw in this place. let's talk about yemen. we know there's a focus there. the president having met with his counter part in yemen. this has the potential site for a terrorist attack. talk about the situation in yemen. >> the al qaeda affiliate is really the most able al qaeda affiliate in the world today. they're the group behind the christmas day underwear bomber. they tried to take down two cargo planes and then there's a third attack they were launching that was disrupted by the cia

and other services. this is a very able group. they're extremely good with explosives. they have been quite deadly in yemen. as i've just said they have shown an ability to launch attacks outside of yemen. it's going to take some time because there are large areas of that country that are still not urntsds full government control. >> you said capable of launching out attacks outside of yemen. does that mean launching an attack on u.s. soil. do you believe they're capable of doing that? >> they have shown themselves on christmas day capable of attacking planes or coming to the united states. same with an attack against ups and fedex cargo plane that was foiled through really good intelligence work. they could. i don't think that's the most likely target now. that's why we see the closings where they are. i'll tell you that the doe meme

agencies can't be sure of that. they may see added security and places like that in the united states. >> we have the state department issuing this travel warning for the entire month of august and yet this credible threat while not specific we keep talking about sunday. how much are you looking to sunday almost exclusively or do you think we have to look beyond? >> i think we probably have to look beyond. when this information comes out and the security precautions are put in place, that will often delay attacks. just because it doesn't happen on sunday it may be because the plot was fully disrupted. it may be because al qaeda shifted its plane. this is what becomes difficult. how long can you keep the extra security precautions in place. when do you open up embassies

and that becomes a difficult equation for counter terrorism personnel and the white house. >> much appreciated. thank you so much. >> tha thanks. president obama remains steadfast on pushing his economic plan for the middle class. >> lacking is action from washington. that's why in addition to proposing ideas we know will grow our economy, i also put forward a strategy for breaking through the washington log jam. a grand bargain for the middle class. >> just before leaving for a five-week summer vacation house republicans pushed through legislation friday that would prevent the irs from implemented the affordable care act. it's the 40th time they have vote ed on a bill. in minutes we're going to get reaction from washington to this latest vote by congress. baseball super star alex rodriguez would soon learn his fate whether he will be banned

from life from the game. ron mott is in trenton, new jersey. that's where he's expected to play in a minor league game while he's under rehab. how are things looking? >> he's due back here on the field when the trenton thunder take the field. last night he was all smiles. he hit a rocket for a home run but in matter of days or even a matter of a few hours he could lose everything. a familiar night nor alex rodriguez. autographs, warm ups, another mammoth home run. this one for the trenton thunder. >> it's up and gone. >> it was also a night telling of a-rod's telling troubles. major league baseball commissioner is swinging hard to

get him off the field with a lengthy suspension or a lifetime ban. he took shots at his critics, likely the yankees who are unhappy they're paying him big bucks. >> there's one party that benefits from me not stepping back on the field. >> he's earned more than $350 million in 19 seasons in the big leases. 2007 he signed a record ten-year, $275 million and is still owed $100 million. how much of that money he'll keep is the talk of baseball at the moment. the yankees valued by forbes magazine at $2.3 billion is the league's richest franchise and could sign a number of high profile players with cash a-rod might forfeit. >> they lose a highly productive ballplayer like him for a season but they also could save 25 to

$30 million which helps them on a variety of funds. >> potential stars of tomorrow are sounding off about a tainted hero. >> the sports about having fun and to give what you have an not to be cheating and stuff like that. >> it ruins the sport. it just messes it up. >> there are many reports that major league baseball has told these players caught up in this doping investigation that they have until sunday night to let the league whether they will accept the penalty or fight it. on monday we expect the league to make the big announcement. last night alex rodriguez says he hopes to be with the new york yankees in chicago when they start a series with the white sox. it's going to be an interesting 48 hours. >> thank you very much. just when you thought it was safe to turn on your tv again, the sharks are back. i have diab.

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,0 now to head lieclines on tht coast b.a.r.t. workers are prepared to walk out monday morning if their demands are not met. the oregonanian has an article about free skill sharing ve i vents where they teach people how to encrypt their e-mails. congressman peter king of new york is the chairman of sub committee. >> we're not certain where something might happen but it's

very specific as to when and it's very special as to fact that it's going to happen. we have to be on alert everywhere. >> joining me now lauren fox and lynn sweet. good to see you. i'll begin with you lynn. with some members of congress making alarming statements. what are you hearing? >> this is to be taken seriously. this is not a partisan issue someone in washington has. there's a lot of respect for these warnings. when there's credible information like this, it's some of the most startling information he's hard in a long time what we're hearing now is with the obama administration is doing is reasonable, prudent and

the thing to do. >> lauren, from your sources is anyone giving you an idea on what would prompt an alarming warning? >> no. one of the thing s they've said is it wasn't clear where this attack may have occurred. no one has a clear idea exactly what this terrorist attack my entail there's intense vigilance and discussion on capital hill whether the recent disclosures may have prompted others ability to communicate undetected. >> we're going to switch gears and talk about what's happened before summer vacation. all the house republicans push through the legislation to appeal obama care. let's say this was the 40th time they have done that.

this washington post republicans have taken themselves hostage. they are threatening to hurt themselves and their states and their voters and their most committed activists if democrats don't give them their way on obama care. how do congressional republicans justify this vote and what is the point? >> it's symbolic. as we head into the five-week summer recess it's part of perhaps town hall fodder for republicans. this gets up and running october 1st, alex. the obama allies are putting a big push out to get people enrolled. on this 40th fruitless vote it gives the republicans, they think, something to talk about their people. spoker boehner said there job isn't just to pass laws but repeal them. people don't go to work and say

i didn't do my work product but that's what republicans are trying to say. >> this point of this. 40 times voting for something. taking the time to debate it and discuss it and take the vote. >> it's ridiculous. >> there you go. >> yes, it's ridiculous. >> let's take a look at some stats lauren. all these bars represent the number of bills passed by congress before the august recess. usually around 60 bills or so. all the way on the right you see the bar for this current congress. why can congress pass or repeal from obama care 40 times but they can't get much else time? what does that say about the level of dysfunction? >> i think it says a lot about the fight happening in the republican party now. we have to remember earlier in this week the republicans didn't have the votes they needed on aappropriations bill. they had to pull the bill off the floor because there isn't a

consensus within the republican party. same thing with the farm bill. there was a lot of upheaval over that. they had to vote on that and separate it out twice. what we're seeing is health care is the one thing they're united around and may be the only thing. spending time on that it builds this momentum for when they go home and talk to constituents that they are doing something even if the law doesn't go anywhere. 190 republican districts are safe districts. they are going home to constituents who may not be fonds of the affordable care act. >> has the climate changed in any way that would make a bill a gun control bill. it would make it more palettable that it might have chance of passing in 2014. he's going to bring it back to

the table. bring it back to the floor. >> sad to say there's nothing that's going to happen that i see that's going to change the climate. you have the horrendous massacre in connecticut. if that didn't change the climate, sorry to predict no change on guns. >> okay. all those parents for newtown were watching that bill go down. thank you. good to see both. the attorney for julian assange tells me whether edward snowden is safe.

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orders to leave their sit ins. protests are being held in two locations. they won't leave until morsi is returned to power. the american embassy in cairo is one of 22 diplomatic posts set for a credible but unspecified threat. barricades is one of several security measures at the embassy. how concerned are embassy officials in cairo about this unusual step by the obama administration but specifically the closure there in cairo? >> reporter: there's no doubt that u.s. embassy officials take security seriously. they'll be taking this latest risk with a certain degree of concern. the u.s. embassy here in egypt has to deal with a two-prong threat. one is this new wave of terrorism related threats that are emerging. it has to deal with the reality

of daily violent protests outside its doorsteps. what we have seen are many of those protests trying to reach the walls. that's what led to them putting up the walls and diverting traffic from in and around that area which happened several months ago. security is always on the minds of u.s. embassy officials. given the political volatility of the country there's no doubt that it takes much more precedents than elsewhere where there's a relative political stable environment. >> these ongoing demonstrations aside from that, do you see any science at all of any potential terrorist attack. something against americans and american interest. a build up or a sense of that? >> reporter: there is. the sort answer to that, there is. the reason being is twofold. when you look at the environment, the security environment that's deteriorating

in places where there's a rise of militancy. takes against police forces. there are concerns that that type of violence may spread elsewhere in the country. it hasn't yet except for a few occasions but not with the same frequency we've seen . a lot of people in this country are blaming the u.s. for backing the muslim brotherhood or backing the military. it's a lose-lose situation. it's by either side of the equation a direct target of one of those sides. there's a concern that type of violence may target u.s. embassy or officials here. >> okay. thank you. let's go to russia now where nsa leaker edward snowden is exhausted and misses his girlfriend. he's been granted temporary asylum by the putin

administrati administration. there are lingering questions over how snowden could be classify and what he plans to do in moscow. joining me now is barry pollack, the attorney for julian assange. >> thank you. >> i'd like to get a little light shed on this from you in terms of edward snowden's status. he's a refugee. can he move around freely? >> for the next year he can move around russia and he can work in russia. i assume she will explore opportunities to leave russia where he can have permanent asylum. >> outside of this year what options does he have or does that remain to be seen? >> i think it remains to be seen. i assume he would hope to find a permanent home. >> what about his safety?

do you have concerns for that? >> he's expressed concerns. my understand is he's under security. i would assume one of his concerns is whether somebody is going to try to put him in the hands of the united states government. obviously, that seems to be his biggest concern and with good reason. >> good reason what? that he would face punitive action or good reason for anything more sinister. >> that he would receive draconian punitive actions. we're no longer treating people who provide useful and truthful information to the public that is in the public's interest to know. we're not treating them as whistle blowers. we're treating them as traitors and spies. we're putting them in administration detention.

in bradley manning's case we put him in deposition that the united nation said amounted to torture because the conditions were so severe. i'm not suggesting something sinister outside the u.s. legal process but the u.s. legal process has become so amped up on steroids in these cases it's got to make a whistle blower or a publisher very frightened. >> the you explain the difference in this case relative to the kind of information being dispen dispensed. the difference between a whistle blower and a traitor. >> the me a traitor or a spy is somebody who is working for a foreign power trying to obtain information to get to the foreign power for the purpose of having the foreign power use that information against the united states. a whistle blower is somebody in good faith and in good conscious has information at his disposal that he thinks is very much in the public's interest to know.

mr. snowden has started a very lively and legitimate debate about the nsa and how far it should go in its endevours to collect information from american citizens. >> oklahoma senator tom koburn suggests he has information he will share with russia and he's a treasure-trove of information. given your description relative to foreign countries, what do you think the status is of edward snowden, a whistle blower or a traitor? >> we don't know what information he has. somebody like snowden or somebody like manning is or at least to date has acted out of a sense of obligation to get information to the public. >> all right. thanks for your time. >> thank you.

from there now to weather. parts of the northeast will face cloudy skies today with off and on showers. dorian changes course but is it still a threat? threat's go to meteorologist dylan. >> dorian still more of a nuisance than anything else. it's going to stay out over the water. we'll get to that in just a second. first, it's hot down in dallas. already 91 degrees. 73 in minneapolis and 76 in chicago. the northern tier of the country will be on the cooler side. down through texas and the southwest it will be well above average for this time of year. heaviest of the rain we're seeing now is moving into northern arkansas. it's a lot lighter than it was earlier this morning. you can see as that line of showers and storms and torrential downpours it's still producing heavier rain and because of that we have flash flood watches and warnings up

and down the mississippi river. they're getting better and subsiding. we're seeing this heavier rain off the coast of florida. while it's helping to fuel some thunderstorms the threat exactly from tropical depression dorian is becoming less of an issue as it will take this turn northeast. it will move out to sea north of bermuda. temperature wise 102 in dallas. 76 in chicago. tomorrow looks even cooler. temps in the new england area should only be in the mid-70s with late day thunderstorms. the showers that we're seeing in the northeast won't last all that much longer. we could squeeze out sunshine. most of next week temperatures look nice and comfortable. nothing too hot and nothing too cool in the northeast. >> that sounds like tend of a goldilocks story. i talk to a leading crime fighter on the unintended

consequences of stop and frisk policies. the woman who accuses the san diego mayor of harassment.

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is a special buy. just $299. j-zay is weighing in on the stop and frisk, the controversial practice. the rapper was on real time with bill maher. >> the real problem is there's no middle class. the gap between the have and have notes is getting wider and wider. let me just finish this point because i want to scare them a bit. it's going to be a problem that no amount of police can solve because once you have that sort of oppression and that gap is widened and it's inevitable that something will happen. >> former boston and new york police commissioner, i asked him about the stop and frisk

policies and specifically in new york. >> the intent of stop and frisk is the basic tool of every police officer in america is to give the officer the authorization if he suspects has reasonable suspicion of a crime, is, has been or is about to be committed to stop an individual and inquire of them what are you doing. it's become very controversial unfortunately here in new york. it has an unintended consequence which gives the minority a sense it's being overused as crime rates were going down and stop and frisk were increasing. the community is just not accepting the department's rationale why it's happening. the frisk is only authorized if the officer has a fear that the individual is in a potential position to harm the officer or

innocent people in the surrounding area. the strict guidelines as to how it's supposed to be done, it's supposed to be documented. it's a very misunderstood concept. >> haven't you said it's the police departments that are feeling this controversy? >> in new york it's the very specific program called operation impact, which is intended in the highest crime neighborhoods in the city to put additional police officers in those areas. it's a lot more stopping and a lot more questioning and lot more frisking that might occur. for the minority communities, those high crime areas are in the neighborhoods. >> you set about making the police forces on which you served and supervised more

diverse. >> i think it's clear the police department should reflect the community. in new york, new york has a minority majority police department in a city that's only two-thirds minority. in los angeles, the police department almost to a percentage reflected the population in that city. that's important because the minority community feel their interest, their concerns, their backgrounds, their cultures, their customs are appreciated and understood by the police department and if a proportional number of police officers are from the community they are explain to the other officers those customs, cultures, issues and concern. >> may i have a bit of history

about this office and how you ended up here. this is not the first time you have been here. >> as luck would vu it, it was occupied by my wife ricky. ricky freeman when she was working with court tv. when we were dating i spent a lot of time in that office. it's like that line of all the joints and all the cities and the offices in new york city, here we are. it's coming home in some respects. >> are you a pushover grandpa? >> i'm kind of an absentee grandfather. they're in california, los angeles. my son is trying to break into the television script writing world. he's working a principal writer on a new show "ironside." >> i've seen the ads for that. you have another hat as an

advisor to msnbc. >> it's nice getting paid for interviews. >> am i paying for this one? wait a minute. >> yeah, you're paying me to sit here whether you know it or not. >> it was worth it. tomorrow he tells us how the broken window crime fighting policy dramatically reduced crime. a possible return to wearing a uniform and i'll pin him down for this question, red sox, yankees or dodgers. one film maker calls them school buses with teeth. hear from him next on his new documentary.

i was sitting down on my board and i saw this shark come out of water and grab my leg. >> that was a 19-year-old surfer recounting the terrifying moments when he was attacked by a shark. three days later another shark struck also in hawaii on a

53-year-old woman taking a swim. neither incident was fatal. you might have seen this next shark video that went viral. it's only a promotion but take a look. >> we're just moments away from releasing the rescued seal back into the ocean. now you see his return. >> that was snuffy finding out the hard way that next week is the worst week on television to be a seal. he really wasn't hurt. to promote shark week it returns to the discovery channel tomorrow. more than 21 million people tuned in last year for their display of horror, fear and fascination. this is adding a new reason to feel uneasy. one documentary playing next week highlights the similarities between great white sharks and serial killers. joining me now is shark week

producer jeff kerr. before we get to your documentary, i want to ask about this snuffy story. this actually did happen? i know it was just a promo. >> it's based on a true story. it happened in the san francisco bay area at a seal rehab place. they let the seal go in front of the media an it was a big vent and they dropped the seal right into the mouth of a great white shark. it was tragic, but it's true. >> that's just awful. let's get to your documentary. great white serial killers. tell us about that. >> they share a lot of the same traits as human serial sillerki. they hunt the same way. they pick victims the same way. they pick out the weak and the most vulnerable. serial killers don't like to be

discovered and white sharks d the sam thing. they hide in certain places when they hunt. a lot of interesting similarities. >> what about shark attacks? they seem to be attacking closer to the shoreline? is that true or not? are we just documenting them better? >> i think there's been a resurgence in the shark population. there's more prey. there's more seal and sea lions to feed on and there's also been protection in place for these sharks. it allows the little babies to grow up into adults. people are seeing more sharks. they have always come in close to shore. that's where their food source is. i think it's more sidings because it's more sharks. >> okay. your emmy nominated documentary looks dangerous. what was the hardest part of getting this done. can you let your guard down while filming? >> i don't think about personal

safety. i'm foe dcused on the shot. i'm not going to take a huge gamble. one of the most scariest things is i was towed behind our boat in this little metal raft and had a 14-foot great white fly over the top of me. that was pretty scary. it was an awesome shot. that's what people that watch shark week want. they want incredible footage. you know, eye candy. that's what we're known for and i love getting it. >> when you're out in that little contraption there, you don't think about your safety? >> well, before hand we plan it because we know if twhat the sh is roughly going to do. they're a little unpredictable but after working with them 23 years you have an idea what the spark is capable of. i wouldn't recommend anybody go out an ride on a seal sled

tomorrow. we took a gamble and it was an amazing shot. they're not always going to rush in and just attack. that's very rare. they are very shy i find. they have very curious personalities. they're not out to target humans, no way. >> it is absolutely extraordinary and we can't wait to see it. seriously, in makeup, people were talking about we got shark week. oh, shark week. it's amazing how it's become part of our culture every summer. thank you for bringing us those pictures. it begins tomorrow at 8:00 p.m. eastern on discovery. look who's talking, anthony weiner get. this time he gets combative. having some fiber! with new phillips' fiber good gummies. they're fruity delicious! just two gummies have 4 grams of fiber! to help support regularity! i want some... [ woman ] hop on over! [ marge ] fiber the fun way, from phillips'.

travel alert for americans worldwide. fear of an imminent terror strike.

some formulation of this question i haven't heard before. >> testy talk. an ththony weiner fires back un the hot lights. one eagle is grounded. more fallout from an nfl players racial slurs. just how good will racial sense tifrt training do? we're going to ask al sharpton. let's get to what's happening now out there. we have this developing news. it's new and alarming details on that worldwide travel alert issued by the state department. most we have two reports on what this means. kristen welker is at the white house. kristen, what are white house officials telling you about this

heightened security? >> reporter: good afternoon. we know that these embassy closures are temporary but also out of an abundance of caution. u.s. officials who have been briefed say this is one of the worst threats in years. one u.s. official telling me it's related to chatter that's been intercepted but also goes beyond that chatter. here is what we know. 22 embassies will close tomorrow in 17 different countries mostly in the middle east and north africa. state department officials won't go into exact detail about the threat. we know it's coming from al qaeda. it's a serious threat. they are saying the closures and travel alert is necessary. take a listen to what peter king had to say yesterday. >> we're not certain exactly where something might happen but it's very specific as to when and it's also very specific as to the fact that it is going to happen. so we have to be on alert

everywhere. >> reporter: as for that worldwide travel alert. state department officials warning travelers that there could be some type of threat coming from the arabian peninsula. they're focusing on yemen. the president met with president of yemen earlier this week. there's been three drone strikes in the past week alone. the u.s. embassy has closed in yemen. we don't know how long the closures will last. we know that president obama has been updated and continues to get updated. he's playing golf right now. before he left pr that game of golf he got the latest information and was briefed before heading out state department officials are urging americans who might want to travel overseas to log on to the state department website first with the latest

information. >> quickly, is there anything about these warnings that suggest something could happen domestically. >> at this point in time there's no occasion of that. of course, that is one of things that they are looking into. white house officials point out that the decision to close 22 embassies is a rare one. that really gives you a sense of how seriously they are taking this latest threat. >> okay. thank you for that. the embassy in kabul will be closed tomorrow. what is the embassy telling you about this unusual move on the state department? >> reporter: bembassy closures isn't anything new but this is one of host major warnings he's heard in a long time because of the global implications.

the u.s. em bbassy will have normal lockdown procedures. no embassy vehicle will leave the embassy compounds. the meetings will be cancelled. even the afghan staff has been asked to not come into work tomorrow. that being said the embassy here, the u.s. embassy and other embassies have been target in the past. today in eastern afghanistan the indian consulate was a target by suicide bombers. luckily the suicide attackers were not able to penetrate the ga gate and said they prematurely detonated inside their own car but still killing eight afghan civilians and seriously injurying dozens more. >> thank you so much. for all of you the global travel

alert will stay in effect until the end of the month. passengers are urged to take extra precautions. m mix reaction. >> i'm quite concerned because i think there's going to be a big blow up pretty soon. i'm not sure what to anticipate. i know the history between the u.s. and this particular blowup in the middle east. >> it always makes you nervous. you have to carry on. you just got to go. going back to england. it's the only way to get back there. >> there's a total of six short term travel alerts in effect. that includes mali, cameroon. there are 35 longer term alerts

u including mexico, pakistan, syria and iraq. alex rodriguez will learn if he will be banned from the game for life. there's allegations he used performance enhancing drugs on the field. >> i will say this. there's more than one party that benefits from me not ever stepping back on the field and that's not my teammates and not the yankee fans. >> who benefits? >> i can't tell you that right now. i hope i never have to. >> joining us is ron mott. you heard it there. he's talking about the parties that will benefit if he never plays. do we have a sense of who he meant? >> a lot of folks are pointing toward the front office and the ownership of the new york

yankees. he's still owed up to $100 million on that contract. he was pretty adamant toward the end of that press conference that he plans to fight whatever penalty comes down from major league baseball. we don't know what the penalties will be. >> do we know what the hold up is. they were going to be announced monday. why the extra weekend? >> flst a lot of reports out that said they had until sunday night to let the league know whether they will take the penalty. alex rodriguez may not be part of the announcements made on monday in case the negotiations extend. it seems that perhaps they are

not anywhere close to a deal between mayor league baseball and alex rodriguez. he intends to fight this. he says his body fields great. there's three to four years left on that big contract. >> very quick. i'm wondering if any of those sources will shed light on whether he will be suspended for life. is anyone hedging a bet that way? >> i think a lot of folks are saying it's a negotiating ploy by the commissioner that no one believes that ban would be upheld what the drug policy calls for for a second oufs, if you can call this a second offense. he's never tested positive for doping. parentally allegedly he supplied

players with performance enhancing drugs. that could be 100 games suspension. that's about $15 million. but that would still leave a lot of money on the contract. to politics now. president obama stepping up his fight for the middle class. that new report shows 162,000 jobs were added in july and the unemployment rate kicked down to 7.4%. >> any middle class family will tell you we're not where we need to be. we were living through a decade where a few at the top were doing better and better where most families are working harder and harder to get by. reversing this trend must be washington's highest priority. >> congressional republicans are hoping 40 times the charm. gop house voted to prevent the irs from enforcing obama.

this was the 40th time they voted to repeal the president's health care law before heading home for a five-week summer vacation. as the obama care repeal has no chance in the democratically controlled senate. is that what this 40th vote on repealing obama care is all about? >> republicans aren't unify on a number of things but there is the one thing there's a lot of unity on repealing this law. now they have something to go back to their constituents to say we're fighting against the washington establishment.

this looks good with their base and if it embarrasses the white house, for them that's good too. >> can we expect house republicans to hold 40 more votes on repealing obama care. at what point do they give up the battle and focus on other issues? >> this is one of those issues on which the house republicans are unified. it's something they don't have to risk internal revolt with the more conservative members. >> how about the voters? how about voters who go you're wasting time? >> you have to think about the voters in the districts of some of the members. these are people who agree with repealing obama care or defunding obama care and think that they're member of congress is doing his or her job by voting for this. the other thing to keep in mind is when you look at the coverage of obama care repeal votes they

do give play in the media, we're talking about it now. this is something, it gives them visibility. it gives them something into their town halls over the next month and it does muddle people's understanding of law. polls show there's 10 to 15% of people who think the law has been repealed. >> jackie, these votes, do they cost money? are people wasting time and costing taxpayers money by holding these votes? >> it is. democrats have been talking about that for quite a while. the millions of dollars with staff time and printing and all sorts of other things. it is costing money and that's something you hear a lot for democrats pushing not only is this a waste of time, it's waste of money. >> i want to ask you about the

growing divide across america between the have and have nots. let's take a listen. >> historically the united states was one of the best places in the world where no matter how you were born, you could rise above your income lel. that's changed and it's something we have focus on. >> a big component of this is jobs. what is the white house's take on these numbers? is it satisfying with them? >> i don't think so. they're lower than projected. they are pushing the fact there were jobs created. it's not fast enough. it opens the door for their political opponents to really go after them. that's what you heard a lot after this jobs report came out. >> andy, i want to talk about this fancy farm picnic. it starts in 45 minutes or so in kentucky where mitch mcconnell

and team party favorite mattb beavin will speak at this church. the washington post says these aren't your typical political speeches. the audience is encouraged to heckle and question the speakers sometimes doing so colorfully while wearing costumes. sometimes the meanest hecklers are the candidates themselves. wh what kind of a challenge is this shaping up to be for senator mcconnel? >> it's place that he knows. he's just mitch here. this is what's great about politics on this local level is you have this sort of boisterous over the top debate.

i think it's exciting in a whole bunch of ways not only because it's so lively and off the cuff but you finally have senator mcconnel, his democratic challenger and this tea party republican who a lot of folks are thinking is really going to challenge senator mcconnel as much as he's tried to say he's a true conservative. it's going to be great. it's a fantastic little showdown we have. >> oh, yeah. we'll have some pictures of that tomorrow. how concerned is mitch mcconnell about his seat? >> it's mounted a very aggressive campaign. you saw that. they were already going off them. mitch mcconnell always had a race. every year if you look at the numbers it's been a tight race. they're prepared for that.

i think you'll see a lot of money spent. it's going to be a nasty, nasty campaign. this weekend's only going to be a preview of that. >> good to see you both. thanks so much. one of the women who accused the san diego mayor of sexual harassment? does she think he should stay in office? that's next. aren't healthy unless you actually eat them ♪ multigrain cheerios. also available in delicious peanut butter. healthy never tasted so sweet.

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as san diego mayor gets ready for intensive therapy or monday there are recall groups. a nineth woman came out thursday and accused the mayor of sexual harassme harassment. joining me now is laura fink. she's the second woman to come

forward publicly. laura with a welcome to you. we've heard some serious allegations against the mayor. can you give us a sense of what happened to you and why you came forward? >> what happened to me was in 2005. i was staffing the congressman at a dinner and i was responsible for moving him from table to table. i was complimented by one of the guests for my performance and putting the event together and he said that i had worked my behind off for the congressman. the congressman turned to me, told me to turn around and i did. he proceeded to pat me on the behind, laugh and say nope, it's still there. >> wow. that's pretty shocking. what was the reaction from people there? >> i think everyone at the table wa was a little bit uncomfortable. they didn't know what to do in

the similar way as i didn't. i escorted him at the next table. at the time you're in shock. the anger and humiliation follows. >> he says he is going to therapy for two weeks starting on monday. he has apologized for his actions. let's listen to this. >> i apologize to my staff. i apologize to the citizens and staff members who have supported me over many years. i apologize to the people of san diego, and most of all i apologize to the women that i've offended. >> you know pretty well. do you get a sense he's truly sorry and two weeks of therapy will be enough to stay in office? >> in 2005 i documented the behavior and i had two conditions. i wanted an apology and for this not to happen to any other women on staff and in the future. he gave me what i would call a weak apology where he said he was sorry and told me i just

didn't understand what had happened. it's clear he's proceeded to continue this behavior and even escalate it. my confidence in the sincerity of the apology is not high. >> the mayor's lawyers claim he shouldn't have to pay for his defense and make the city do it because the city didn't provide sexual harassment training for him as required. what's your reaction to that? >> it's tough to watch our city go through all of this. i think for most folks and the city council determining they would not be responsible for his legal fees knowing this sort of behavior doesn't fall under the scope of the mayor's office. i find that he'll get turned down at every turn if he continues to pursue the legal avenues. what i find more troubles is this is an individual who was a freedom rider and his tag line

for 20 years is fighting for us. it's clear he's not fighting for us but only for himself. >> two weeks of therapy. your incident happened in 2005. two weeks. do you have hope it will bring about a change? >> i think it's important that the mayor does get therapy but it's something i feel he should do in private an on his own personal time. i think the citizens of san diego and the victims deserve to see a mayor in office who has his full focus or her full focus on the job. not being distracted by personal issues. i think it's questionable whether two weeks of therapy will be able to correct for years of reprehenceable behavior. >> have you been in contact with the other accusers? >> it's been challenge.

i'm an extraordinarily private person. being in front of the camera instead of behind it is a new situation for me and not one that a relish. it's also hard come forward because as a victim when you come forward you're dismissed or not believed and have their character attack. for me the response has been almost positive, all those things have happened. i think there's definite reasons why women don't come forward and why it's challenging to come forward. that's one of the reasons i chose to do so. i'd like to make it easier for women to do so in the future. >> that's admirable and from my observations, you're doing so very articulately and with a lot of dignity. do you think he'll resign? do you think will will be pressure for him to resign or he may come to the conclusion he can't be an effective mayor? >> i don't think if he will come

to that conclusion. i wonder if his pocketbook may come to that decision. there's a number of things that may put pressure on him. he's an incredibly stubborn victim and he's holding on tightly to the power of the mayor's office in the same way he's shown to abuse power in the past. there's a mirror affect between what he's done to the women you've heard come forward arnndn my opinion, abusing the power of the mayor's office. >> thank you. anthony weiner gets combative. how he tried to turn the tables on one reporter.

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drop out of race despite the latest re revelations. andrew sift sat down with him for a combative one-on-one interview. >> two weeks of scandal threaten to derail his campaign for mayor. there were graphic pictures. he insists than an old scandal. i asked whether he's done with sexting. >> when was the last time you sent a sexual explicit text or e-mail? >> at this period a year ago or so. i don't have any of the records. i deleted everything. >> it's not going to be this year not 2013? >> no. >> you're not currently engaged in a nonexplicit online relationship? >> 100% not. >> with that he hopes to bet back to the politics of running

for mayor of new york. the feisty former congressman who used to be known for his theatrics on the house floor. >> the gentleman will observe regular order and sit down. >> now trying to get back on message. his wife stood by her husband when the second texting scandal broke last month. the long time aid to hillary clinton has stayed out of the spotlight. >> at lot of people woupt want to annoy their wife's boss. >> i have no reason to believe she's annoyed. >> he continued sending messages for more than a year after his resignation from congress. when i asked him why he didn't disclosed that before he got combative. >> andrew, you can if you want

use this entire interview to talk about the scandal. i know it's out there. at what point do i get to say let me talk about who's important to the city of new york. >> in fact, he says he thinks the scandal to help him showing he's got percent ve rens dealing with pressure. >> really? you really think he'd make it to second if not first? >> he has more money than anyone in the field. he has tremendous name recognition. if he can keep another round of scandal from emerging, keep in mind of how many new yorkers know who he is. second place not beyond reach. >> okay. we shall see. thank you very much. he lashed out in racial

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the philadelphia eagles are excusing one of their players from training camp after he was caught on film using a racial slur. now his job may be in jeopardy. >> reporter: entering his fourth season riley cooper left practice this week some wondering if he's return to his team. >> i was drinking. i was drinking but that's no excuse for what i said and what i did. >> reporter: the eagles wild receiver has been excused from the team to meet with counselors days after this video confirming a racial slur online. it came after he was denied entry backstage at a concert. >> i shouldn't have.

i'm disgusted. i'm sorry. that's not the type of person i am. i wasn't raised that way. >> reporter: damage control for cooper was immediate. an apology, a fine by his team and now counselling. >> he was wrong in what he did but that doesn't mean we're going to kick him to the street. >> it's unfortunate it had to happen to somebody like riley cooper. >> reporter: he isn't the first celebrity to make news for using a racial epithet. paula deen lost her job at the food network and millions of dollars in endorsements when it was revealed she used the same slur. >> are you a racist? >> no, no i'm not. she made an immediate apology. >> you can apologize but you didn't take back -- you can't take back that moment. >> 20 years down the road when

you're talking about bad lee cooper, hopefully he'll have a couple super bowl in his pocket but it will come up. >> reporter: he cannot escape the controversy and its fallout. >> to talk about this and his meeting with the president and attorney general is the reverend al sharpton. it's always good to have you here. >> good to be you. >> let's talk about this. he's apologized. he agreed with the eagles taking him out of the line of sight. let's listen to what his teammates are saying. we don't have that. let's talk further. with the counselling what do you think he should be doing? what can someone be doing to educate them properly so they don't make these mistakes? >> one thing is he needs to ask himself and the counselor to help him what is in him that

would make him say this? i think the difference between paula deen and him is we're talking about him saying this now. not having said this in the past. he is a member of the eagles team doing this as a pro-athlete. we're not talking about something 20 years ago. many of us done something in the past we may live to regret. this is coming from somewhere. second, what is the penalty for this? having an indefinite suspension, what does that mean? until it blows over. where's the policy that the eagles have on this. this unending or open ended kind of situation to me does not really define what the policy of the eagles are. i think he should be dealt with. i don't think he should be cast to the curb. i think there ought to be some definitive policy positions that you do for things like this and that's not there yet. >> do you think some of that

policy could be established by having go go your teammates. he's working with people of color and they have to be successful to bring in the money. do you think part of that is having to face his teammates and say what have i done wrong? explain to me what have i done to you by doing this? >> that could be part of the sensitivity. the policy must be set whether it's certain amount of time suspension, whether it's a certain amount of time, i don't know. but this open ended thing to me does not really deal with the gravity of what happened. we're not talking about a tape that was discovered from his past and now he's there. he did this now. this is a much different circumstance than paula deen. >> let's talk about what happened in washington. you had some high level meetings there.

what did they say about how they would deal with the supreme court? >> the fact the supreme court has gutted section 4, which is the map that you would have in the vote rights act that determined preclearance has taken the heart out of the voting rights act. the attorney general announced in his speech, mr. holder, he was going after texas who has changed some of the voting laws and he was going after them any way because he can operate and still not violate the decision of the supreme court. they're going to aggressively to fight all american civil rights no matter who is it. they met with us, asian, latino, progressive white civil white leaders. they wanted to assure the voting

rights civil rights community including some of the legal teams that fought this that this h administration was going to continue to fight. they're going to be challenging the congress to come with a new act that would not violate the supreme court but protect us in terms of those states and districts that are nationwide. still discriminating or trying to change laws that would lead to discriminatory outcomes. we need to rally around it because this congress is not going to be easy to move. >> what about the latest regarding sybrina fulton and tracy martin trying to bring up that? >> i think they have said the

option is open but they're not deciding they're going to do the civil suit. we are all fighting against the stand your ground law which will be part of the march because we feel that robs people of civil rights. trayvon martin had the civil right to go home and the fact that that night zimmerman could use stand your ground and police release him without an investigation or trial, that's a violation of people's civil rights. >> you talk about the stand your ground law, the house speaker will order some hearings be held. is that in itself a victory in. >> it's a beginning toward a victory. i think those students have

helped to set a climate. i think the 100-city march is setting a climate and i think the march in august. that's what marches do. they don't solve problems, they expose them. they're not exposed. you've got to change the climate of the country in order to really get people to understand the gravity of the issue. >> you have marches three weeks from today. >> right. august 24th. >> we'll be covering it. thanks. good to see you. >> thanks. >> you can watch reverend al sharpton 6:00 p.m. weeknights. that's a good picture. the 40 things the house did not do while voting to repeal obama care. that's next. machine i just wanted you to eat more fiber. chewy, oatie, gooeyness... and fraudulence. i'm in deep, babe. you certainly are. [ male announcer ] fiber one.

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week. we're going to bring in my panel. first to you susan. what they didn't do here. this new article it lists the 40 things the house could have done including passing a jobs act, maybe raising the minimum wage. you can look at the rest of them. is this embarrassing for you as a republican to see them pass an obama care repeal for the 40th time. it's going to go nowhere. >> it is going to go nowhere. it was more embarrassing about the second through the 38th time. this was politically a good time to do it based on what they were using as the turnover which was the irs. again, it's not going to go anywhere. it's a waste of time. as you're going into your summer break and going to your con stitch we

constituents this is something they can rally for. obama care has a 30% support now. >> do you really think people are so myopic to think we just want to focus on this and it's lack of ability to get passed and we're not going to look at the big picture? >> these are issues they care about. when you go to these individual congressional districts obamacare ranks right up there. >> morris is she right? >> a do nothing congress with a do nothing attitude, therefore they will get nothing done. it's silly they can only rally around an issue that doesn't matter because the train is out the gate. to hear my colleague say this is good politics, it may be good politics but it's not good for

the country instead of kicking a can down the street that's left the station. this is ridiculous the way republicans are handling their leadership. >> lawmakers lawmakers are gone until september 13th and on track to be the greatest do nothing congress and you have to think, what will they attack and what will they be able to do and accomplish and what will they have on their plate when they get back? >> john boehner went and spelled it out. he said we should judge the congress not by how many laws it passes but by how many laws it repeals. voting against obama care, they are defaming and also doing it from the policy side whether refusing medicaid expansion or exchanges in the state. this is president obama's signature legislative accomplishment. the whole point to drag that down in the short-term politics and in the long-term making it so it's set up to fail. >> the congress is corrupt.

they're bankrupt of ideas. they have no agenda. they have no leadership and no leadership position. to have the speakerer of the house to say it's about repealing instead of moving forward. ask nuewt gingrich to be the speaker of the house of representatives to hear them say it's about repealing. that means he's corrupt and bankrupt of ideas. >> listen, guys, nick just jumped in my ear and said we'll do one to two in best week/worst week on the other side of this break. don't move.

back with the big three now. we're going to go to our one to ten. the big question, mitch mcconnell. how likely he'll keep his seat in the senate. ten being very likely, one not likely at all. erin, you first. >> he's extremely well funded but he's in a pickle. great challenger from the left and a tenacious challenger that just entered the race from the right. so, i'm going to say seven. >> morris, to you. >> 20. this guy's a winner.

>> re-elected already apparently. >> people tried to pick him off all along. he's going no where. >> susan, your thoughts? >> i'll say nine. i actually both agree with morris and erin, but anything can happen in politics. i leave that little bit of an opening there. >> a long way from now until 2014. >> allison grimes is a tough competitor, isn't she? >> i don't think that is the major issue here. the fact is he will come back. those poll numbers are going to change drastically. once he starts campaigning in his home town, he knows how to do it. he hasn't turned washington to a lot of folks. so, i think he'll start getting a lot of movement. >> let's run through the best erin, i'll go to you first. >> i did have allison grimes. this would be mitch mcconnell's challenger from the democratic side. she put out great videos nat got a lot of buzz and very well connect would the clintons and a poll came out showing her in a statistical tie with mitch mcconnell.

>> worst week, barbara morgan spokesperson for the weiner campaign. she didn't help by adding her profanity-laced tirade to the conversation. >> that was really ugly. no doubt. morris, how about you? best and worst. >> the economy continues to move forward. you can cook these numbers any way it goes, but this speaks to why we need to have more qe until we create 200,000 jobs. on the worst week for me the u.s./russia relations. we've gone south. we need russia because of syria and iran and we need to get our act together and figure out a way to work with putin. >> susan, yours? >> the best week i gave to tom coburn and this is for you, morris, he called out his party and he said we have to stop acting like we're in kindergarten and he called them out in saying it would be a horrible idea to shut down the government over defunding obama care. i think he's actually really great for the republicans this

week. and the worst week is san diego mayor bob filner. you had a guest on earlier which just explains it all. >> you got rin, morris and susan. >> that's a wrap of is the show, i'll see you back here tomorrow at noon eastern time. [ all ] fort benning, georgia in 1999. [ male announcer ] usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection and because usaa's commitment to serve military members, veterans, and their families is without equal. begin your legacy, get an auto insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve.

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